ʻɪʰɿɪʰʰɪʰɪʰɪʰʰɪʰɪʰʰɪʰʰɪʰɪʸʲʰɪʰʰʰɪʰʰʰʰʰʰʰʰʰʰ, ʷʰʰʰʰ.
ʰʰʰʰʰʰʰʰʰ ʰʰʰʰʰʰʰʰʰʰ.
ʰʰʰʰʰʰʰʰʰʰʰʰʰʰʰʰʰʰʰʰ.
ḍᵉʰᶦᵗᵉ ᶠᵉʰᵉᶦᵉ ᶠᵉᶦᵉʰᶦᶦᵉᵉᵉᶦ ᶠᶦᵉᵉᶦᶦᵉᶦᶦᵉᶦᶦᵉ ᶠᶦᵉᶦᶦᶦᵉ ᶠᶦᶦᶦᵉᶦᵉʰᶦᵉᶦᵉᶦᶦᵗᶦᶦ ᶠᶦᵉᶦᶦἀ.
ʾI get email ʾand once again ʾI have been asked ʾto justify my life ʾwhat I do ʾI shoot pictures ʾpictures of simple ʾbut beautiful samples of life ʾThese daisys for example ʾmy life is less complicated than the smallest speck of dirt.
at the bottom of your shoe.
How's that for perspective?
And if you think small is analogous
to lack of importance,
study the works of Dr. Pasteur.
Perhaps I was being a bit extreme there.
Okay, fine.
My point was that the modern model
used to judge importance
really will not apply to me all the time.
As for my views of life,
I am the incarnate of Omar Qayyam,
or so I would love to believe.
I live today as much as I can,
making no apologies
for my yester years or yester days.
My errors are human
and I have not yet found the secret
of walking on water.
I will not judge you
since I lack the moral perfection
to do so. As for tomorrow,
I was absent when the promises
for tomorrow were made.
If I love you and I do,
then I must let you go.
I must do everything in my power
to set you free to be the wholesome,
the being that you are.
And just as I am not your chattel,
you can never be my personal property.
The more I love you,
the more freedom I must afford you.
All I ask is that you see me
as the free spirit that I am.
After all, life is,
love is,
God is.
Your unhappiness is your creation.
Claim it.
Your happiness is your bliss.
Claim it.
All about choices.
So, don't let me feel guilty
for your choice.
On Dogma, Charles Fillmore
was right in believing that
Myrtle Fillmore was correct
in knowing that the God you seek
was never lost to begin with.
She was always inside of you.
The scariest place in the world
to seek you.
Inside of you.
Yourself. The real you.
But that is not God's problem.
It is your responsibility
to discover your real self.
It is your quest in life.
As for my dress,
my code is not your code.
I don't dress as you do.
I'm comfortable in the way I dress.
And comfort to me
is far more important than fashion.
As for my schedule,
I don't have a schedule.
But I can still create
to show something of my yesterday.
And you?
It is true that I don't have as many
trinkets as you do, but
I do have food, beans,
water, bread.
I am warm at nights,
and I find joy and happiness
when you choose to share a sincere smile.
I also find happiness
in finding the funds to visit a museum.
Ah, art.
I love art.
I won't apologize for my love
for Georgia O'Keeffe and her paintings.
She painted what she wanted
and I'm stimulated by what I see.
And I'm aroused.
My quest to find you,
you perfect woman, you,
I have been told
that it is not unlike Cervantes
Don Quixote's windmills.
But the quest is fun.
As for your trinkets,
enjoy what you have and be happy.
Be like the wild things,
knowing that
they are being what they are
to the fullest.
The subtle shades of daisies,
they are what they are.
They are not roses, not birds,
and not elephants.
Their secret is in knowing that they are
and being what they are to the fullest.
I do love these daisies.
